(p. 748) bāhubandhana a hug; an embrace. 53)

(p. 743) bāmana1 the fifth incarnation of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু) in the shape of a dwarf; a dwarf, a durgan. 40)

(p. 761) biparyāsa (gr.) an inversion, reversal of the order. 62)

(p. 767) biracita written, composed; built, constructed; formed, made. 51)

(p. 790) baidarbha of Bidarbha (বিদর্ভ) a province of India. fem. বৈদর্ভী । বৈদর্ভী রীতি a style of literary composition in which compound words are avoided as far as practicable and great attention is paid to sweetness of diction. 38)

(p. 773) biśōdhaka purifying; sanctifying; refining; rectifying, corrective, corrigent; amending. 8)

(p. 790) baiḍ়āla feline. ̃ব্রত n. (fig.) simulated holiness, sanctimony. ̃ব্রতী n. a hypocrite; hypocrisy. 32)

(p. 717) baḍ়u (obs.) a son of a Brahmin. 9)

(p. 715) bakṣa the breast, the bosom; the chest; (fig.) the heart. বক্ষঃস্হ a. lying on the breast or chest or in the heart. বক্ষঃস্হল n. the region of the chest. ̃স্পন্দন n. palpitation or throbbing of the heart. 8)

(p. 721) baẏēta a couplet (esp. one in Arabic or Persian or Urdu). 38)

(p. 742) bādinī of বাদী2 । 15)

(p. 790) baināśika destructive, ruinous; cataclysmic. 49)

(p. 751) bikalpa an alternative concept; an alternative; a substitute; doubt; (gr.) a variant or a doublet; (phil.) fancy. বিকল্প প্রমাণ alternative proof. বিকল্পে adv. alternatively; as a substitute. 15)

(p. 721) bām̐śa the bamboo. বাঁশ দেওয়া (sl.) to take the wind out of one's sails; to ruin. বুকে বাঁশ দেওয়া to make a person lie at full length in between two bamboo-poles and then roll the poles oppressively as a punishment; (fig.) to torment severely. বাঁশের চেয়ে কঞ্চি দড় (fig.) the chip is harder than the old block, the greenhorn is tougher than the veteran. বাঁশ বনে ডোম কানা (fig.) one cannot see the wood for the trees. ̃গাড়ি n. (law) planting a bamboo-pole in the ground of an estate as a sign of taking possession of it. ̃ঝাড় n. a bamboo-clump. 278)

(p. 758) biddha pierced; pricked; perforated; bored. বিদ্ধ করা v. to pierce; to prick; to perforate; to bore. ̃পত্র n. (bot.) a perfoliated leaf. 11)